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The last best hope of Lesotho, a small country in big troublehttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jun/07/lesotho-tourism-africa-letter
On the mountain of the night in the kingdom in the sky, just space – no gimmicks – at southern African tourism's final frontier<p>&quot;This is the last frontier of tourism in southern Africa,&quot; said our guide as I gasped and wheezed my way up Thaba Bosiu, meaning &quot;mountain of the night&quot; in the Sesotho language – so named because when darkness fell it appeared to grow in defiance of would-be conquerors.</p><p>It is described as the most important historical site in Lesotho but, rather refreshingly, you wouldn't know it apart from a discreet visitor centre at the base. None of the postcard sellers outside the Colosseum, none of the queues at the Grand Canyon, none of the beggars at the Great Pyramid. Instead, serenity and silence and an eternity of wind, and the puckish sense that you've stumbled upon a lost civilisation, like one of the original great explorers.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jun/07/lesotho-tourism-africa-letter">Continue reading...</a>LesothoSouth AfricaWorld newsSouth AfricaTravelHeritageAfricaMon, 07 Jun 2010 09:11:24 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jun/07/lesotho-tourism-africa-letterGetty ImagesIn Lesotho it is now the women who go to work, while many men are unemployed. Photograph: Getty ImagesGetty ImagesMatsieng village, Lesotho. Photograph: Getty ImagesDavid Smith, Africa correspondent2010-06-07T09:11:24Z